Nexus Oz^opx™      

Nexus Oz^opx™ is the newest release of the Nexus Oz^™ software suite. The new Nexus Oz^opx™ software suite significantly enhances the framework for implementing Nexus' real-time operations excellence solution - rtOp^x™. This release achieves new levels in providing clients with an open architecture and industry-standard framework, tighter integration with existing systems, a modular structure for a more easily configurable solution, and enhanced functionality. By answering industry demands for a seamless flow of diagnostic information from the instrument throughout the enterprise, Nexus Oz^opx™ achieves a new level of cohesiveness between operations, maintenance and management. Thus, operations become more efficient, profit improves and knowledge is shared throughout the enterprise.

Industry- Standard Architecture and Tighter System Integration

• Built using Microsoft^®.NET to achieve a completely open architecture and industry-standard framework

• Employs XML and OPC technologies for tighter integration with your existing systems and subsystems

Modular Structure

Now available in a modular structure, Nexus Oz^opx™ provides a scalable solution to allow clients greater flexibility to work within their current requirements.

• Sensor and Controller Diagnostics module (rtSCD^x)

• Monitors the health and reliability of all plant instrumentation and controllers with 17 sensor diagnostics and diagnostics for controlers.

• Validates data for advanced automation and enterprise-level application to ensure optimum performance

• Provides proactive information to operators to make quick and accurate decisions

• Equipment Performance Model module (rtEPM^x)

• Provides two groups of equipment models with Group I including equipment such as Balances, Valves,

• Pumps and Exchangers and Group II including equipment such as Fired Heaters and Distillation Columns

• Drives plant personnel to predict and schedule equipment maintenance with minimal production outages

• Knowledge Model module (rtKM^x)

• Enables companies to deploy their PSM documents, best practices and the knowledge of their most senior operations personnel across the enterprise.

• Provides integrated, real-time view of rtSCD^x, rtEPM^x and rtKM^x

• Empowers all operators to proactively respond to developing plant situations in a timely and accurate manner

• Permits sophisticated searches with the more extensive archive query capabilities of an SQL database

• Creates environment for the maintenance, technical support and management departments to take a proactive approach to operations and maintenance activities in an integrated, time-saving manner